Following his birth George was given the title Grand
Duke of Russia by his maternal grandfather.[2]Prince Vasili
Alexandrovich, then president of the Romanov Family Association,
responded in writing that, "The Romanov Family Association hereby
declares that the joyful event in the Prussian Royal House does not
concern the Romanov Family Association since the newborn prince is
not a member of either the Russian Imperial House or of the Romanov
family".[3]

In anticipation of his eventual succession as pretender and with
his maternal grandfather's approval, George was registered with the
French authorities as "Grand Duke George of Russia".[3]
His parents separated in 1982 and divorced in 1985. His father, who
stopped using his Russian title after his separation, has said of
his son "I have his German passport right here; I always carry it
with me. It says he is Prince George of Prussia".[3]

George spent the first years of his life in France before moving to Spain.[4]
There he and his mother lived, along with his maternal grandmother,
in the home of his maternal half-aunt, Helen Kirby, who inherited a
significant fortune from her father, Sumner Moore Kirby.

In 1996, when he, his mother, and his grandmother Leonida
returned to Russia after living in Madrid, one of PresidentBoris Yeltsin's former bodyguards was
assigned as tutor to the 15-year-old prince. He was also set to
study at a Russian Naval college but these plans were dropped out
of concern that he would be bullied.[6]

Education
and career

In Brussels, George worked at the European Parliament where he was an
assistant to Loyola de Palacio, former European
Commissioner for Transport and Energy. Later he moved to Luxembourg
where he was employed at the European Commission's
Directorate-General for Atomic Energy and Security.

On December 12, 2008, George was appointed an aide to the
Director General of MMC Norilsk Nickel, a major Russian
nickel-mining company.[7]